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and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

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Real People, Real Places

Commentators explain that names like Hadoram, Uzal, and Diklah refer to actual tribes located in Southern Arabia. These extensive genealogies are not myths but are rooted in real history and geography, demonstrating the Bible's connection to the ancient world and God's work among specific peoples.

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1 Chronicles

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On 1 Chronicles 1:17–23

19th Century

Bishop

THE SONS OF SHEM, OR THE SEMITES (1 Chronicles 1:17–23).

Elam. —The Elamtum of the Assyrian in…

John Gill

John Gill

On 1 Chronicles 1:21

17th Century

Pastor

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:5)

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On 1 Chronicles 1:1–27

17th Century

Minister

This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in biblical history, and compile them with many additi…